A Border Crisis of Epic Proportions
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The vast numbers of people fleeing Venezuela as it slides into ruin under Nicolas Maduro have reached European proportions. Flooding into Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, the refugees are spurring a humanitarian, economic and political crisis.
Since 2015 more than 1.6 million have left, and the United Nations estimates about 5,000 Venezuelans now cross the porous border each day. South America hasn’t seen that sort of population displacement for decades, if ever, and it’s taxing both the resources and patience of Venezuela’s neighbors.